10/17/2016 Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes October 17, 2016
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, October 17, 2016
1 :00 PM
City Hall Chambers
Community Redevelopment Agency
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Roll Call
Present 4 - Chair George N. Cretekos, Trustee Bob Cundiff,
Trustee Hoyt Hamilton, and Trustee Bill Jonson
Absent 1 - Trustee Doreen Caudell
Also Present—William B. Horne — City Manager, Jill Silverboard — Deputy City
Manager, Pamela K. Akin — City Attorney, Rosemarie Call — City
Clerk, Nicole Sprague — Official Records and Legislative Services
Coordinator and Downtown Manager Anne Fogarty France
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call To Order— Chair Cretekos
The meeting was called to order at 1:06 p.m. at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the September 12, 2016 CRA Meeting as submitted in written
summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the September
12, 2016 CRA Meeting as submitted in written summation by the
City Clerk. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda — None.
4. New Business Items
4.1 Approve an Agreement between the Community Redevelopment Agency and the
Florida Business Incubator, Inc. (formerly TAFFIE, LLC), a Florida corporation, to
provide Monthly Educational Programs to support entrepreneurship and small
business development in the CRA in the amount not to exceed $25,000 for Fiscal
Year 16-17, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
The Provider will deliver a Monthly Educational Program within the boundaries
of the CRA. Florida Business Incubator, Inc's Monthly Educational Program
includes topics not otherwise available within the CRA and is part of a
collaborative, coordinated initiative to deliver services to pre-venture
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individuals, startup and small- to medium-size businesses.
In consideration for Florida Business Incubator, Inc's Monthly Educational
Program, the CRA will pay Florida Business Incubator, Inc. a fixed price of
$2,083.33 for each event. Payment will be made in quarterly payments in an
amount not to exceed $6,250.00 and will be made after January 1, 2017, April
1, 2017, July 1, 2017, and October 1, 2017, following receipt of invoice and
quarterly report.
Support for these entrepreneurship and small business development programs
is provided by the Community Redevelopment Plan, Economic Development
Strategic Plan, Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel Report (ULI
Report), and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a partnership
by and between the CRA, City of Clearwater, Florida Small Business
Development Center at Pinellas County, Clearwater Regional Chamber of
Commerce and Florida Business Incubator, Inc.
The plans, report and MOU state the following
• Community Redevelopment Plan (2004) -
o Objective 1 E: "A variety of businesses are encouraged to
relocate and expand in Downtown to provide a stable
employment center, as well as employment opportunities for
Downtown residents."
• Economic Development Strategic Plan (2011)
• Goal 1, Strategy 1.2, Action 2: "Support the development and
attraction of software firms to Clearwater.
• Goal Four: Business Development: Support an entrepreneurship
and innovation ecosystem and collaborate with regional partners
to market Clearwater to target industries.
• Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel Report (ULI Report)
(2014)
o Recommends the city "attract and support new entrepreneurial
small businesses by investing in a technology innovation center
or business incubator."
• MOU (2015)
o Encourages the parties to support collaborative and coordinated
approaches to serve pre-venture, startup and small business
enterprises in the City of Clearwater and the greater Clearwater
area.
Staff recommends approval of the agreement.
Funding for this agreement provided by CRA funding code 388-94872
Technology District Incentives. As of July 31, 2016, the balance in this fund is
$265,750.08.
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5. Adjourn
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Trustee Cundiff moved to approve an Agreement between the
Community Redevelopment Agency and the Florida Business
Incubator, Inc. (formerly TAFFIE, LLC), a Florida corporation, to
provide Monthly Educational Programs to support
entrepreneurship and small business development in the CRA in
the amount not to exceed $25,000 for Fiscal Year 16 -17, and
authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. The motion
was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 1:11 p.m.
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